Privacy policy

The responsible party in the meaning of the data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) is:

Merckens Development Support GmbH

Your data subject rights

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided by our data protection officer:

• Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 DSGVO),
• Correction of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
• Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 DSGVO),
• Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 DSGVO),
• object to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 DSGVO) and
• Data portability, provided you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 DSGVO).

If you have given us consent, you can revoke this at any time with effect for the future.

You can contact a supervisory authority at any time with a complaint, e.g. the competent supervisory authority in the federal state of your residence or our responsible authority  as the responsible body.

A list of the supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with their address can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html.

Collection of general information when visiting our website

Nature and purpose of the processing:

When you access our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address and the like.

In particular, they are processed for the following purposes:

• Ensuring a problem-free connection of the website,
• Ensuring a smooth use of our website,
• Evaluation of system security and stability, and
• to optimise our website.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind will be statistically analysed anonymously, if necessary, in order to optimise our website and the technology behind it.

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as order processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period:

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case for data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended.

In the case of storage of data in log files, this is the case after 14 days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymised so that it is no longer possible to assign the accessing client.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services and services may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

Cookies

Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our website.

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. In addition, you will receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen
• Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
• Opera: http://www.opera.com/de/help
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=de_DE

Storage duration and cookies used:

If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:

MoodleSession (Session)
t3D (Persistent)
tADe (Persistent)
tADu (Persistent)
tAE (Persistent)
tC (Persistent)
tMQ (Persistent)
tnsApp (Persistent)
tPL (Persistent)
tTDe (Persistent)
tTDu (Persistent)
tTE (Persistent)
tTf (Persistent)
loglevel (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_iconsystem/theme/space/core/iconmap-fontawesome (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/backtotop/theme_space/en
 (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/backtotop/theme_space/en (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/backtotop/theme_space/es (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/cancel/core/en
 (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/cancel/core/en (Persistent
)-1560032935/core_str/cancel/core/es (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/closebuttontitle/core/en
 (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/closebuttontitle/core/en (Persistent)

-1560032935/core_str/closebuttontitle/core/es (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/loading/core/en
 (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/loading/core/en (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/loading/core/es (Persistent)

-1560032935/core_str/savechanges/core/en (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/savechanges/core/en (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/savechanges/core/es (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/showless/core_form/en (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/showless/core_form/en (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/showless/core_form/es (Persistent)

-1560032935/core_str/showmore/core_form/en (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/showmore/core_form/en (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_str/showmore/core_form/es (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_template/1650962898:space/core/loading (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_template/1650962898:space/core/modal (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_template/1650962898:space/core/modal_backdrop (Persistent)
-1560032935/core_template/1650962898:space/core/pix_icon_fontawesome (Persistent)
-1560032935/media_videojs/en
 (Persistent)
-1560032935/media_videojs/en (Persistent)
-1560032935/media_videojs/es (Persistent)
-17586920/jsrev (Persistent)

Technically necessary cookies

Nature and purpose of the processing:

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognised even after a page change.

We need cookies for the following applications:

Adoption of language settings

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as order processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services and services may not be available or may be limited.

Opposition

Please read the information about your right to object according to Art. 21 DSGVO below.

Technically unnecessary cookies

Furthermore, we use cookies to better tailor the offer on our website to the interests of our visitors or to generally improve it on the basis of statistical evaluations.

To find out which providers use cookies, please see the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Legal basis:

The legal basis for this processing is in each case your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as order processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

For more recipients, please see the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analytics technologies used.

Third country transfer:

For information on this, please refer to the listings of the individual display, tracking, remarketing and web analytics providers.

Provision prescribed or required:

Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Web browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings (see Revocation of consent).

Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can revoke your consent at any time via our Cookie Consent Tool.

Profiling:

To what extent we analyse the behaviour of website visitors with pseudonymised user profiles, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Registration on our website

Nature and purpose of the processing:

For registration on our website, we require some personal data, which is transmitted to us via an input mask.

The following additional data is collected at the time of registration:

First name

Last name

Username

Password

Email

Address

City

Country

Company

Phone number

Address

Your registration is required for the provision of certain content and services on our website.

Legal basis:

The processing of the data entered during registration is based on the user’s consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as order processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period:

Data will only be processed in this context as long as the relevant consent has been given.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our offered content.

Provision of chargeable services

Nature and purpose of the processing:

For the provision of chargeable services, we request additional data, such as payment details, in order to be able to execute your order.

Legal basis:

The processing of the data required for the conclusion of the contract is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data are, if applicable, order processors.

Storage period:

We store this data in our systems until the statutory retention periods have expired. These are generally 6 or 10 years for reasons of proper accounting and tax law requirements.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our offered contents and services.

Comment function

Nature and purpose of the processing:

When users leave comments on our website, in addition to this information, the time of their creation and the username previously selected by the website visitor are also stored. This serves our security, as we can be prosecuted for unlawful content on our website, even if it was created by users.

Legal basis:

The processing of the data entered as comments is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

By providing the comment function, we would like to enable you to interact in an uncomplicated manner. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for possible follow-up questions.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data are, if applicable, order processors.

Storage period:

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case when the communication with the user has been concluded and the company can infer from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. We reserve the right to delete data without giving reasons and without prior or subsequent information.

You can also have your comment deleted by us at any time. To do so, please write an e-mail to the data protection officer listed below or to the person responsible for data protection and send the link to your comment as well as the e-mail address used when creating the comment for identification purposes.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our comment function.

Newsletter

Nature and purpose of the processing:

For the delivery of our newsletter, we collect personal data that is transmitted to us via an input mask.

For an effective registration, we require a valid e-mail address. In order to verify that a registration is actually made by the owner of an e-mail address, we use the “double opt-in” procedure. For this purpose, we log the registration for the newsletter, the sending of a confirmation email and the receipt of the response requested herewith. No further data is collected.

Legal basis:

Based on your express consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO), we will regularly send you our newsletter or comparable information by e-mail to your specified e-mail address.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. You will find a corresponding link in each newsletter. You can also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or inform us of your revocation using the contact option provided at the end of this data protection notice.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data are, if applicable, order processors.

Storage period:

In this context, the data will only be processed as long as the corresponding consent has been given. Afterwards it will be deleted.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Unfortunately, we cannot send you our newsletter without your consent.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can withdraw your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for the newsletter mailing at any time with effect for the future. Unsubscribing can be requested via the link contained in every email or from the data protection officer or person responsible for data protection listed below.

Use of Google Analytics

If you have given your consent, this website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: “Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymisation on these websites, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.

The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached takes place automatically once a month.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our website by clicking on this link. This will install an opt-out cookie on your device. This will prevent the collection by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser in the future, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

You may also refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: Browser Add On to deactivate Google Analytics.

Use of script libraries (Google Web Fonts)

In order to display our content correctly and in a graphically appealing manner across browsers, we use “Google Web Fonts” from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter “Google”) on this website to display fonts.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Embedded YouTube videos

We embed YouTube videos on our website. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter “YouTube”). YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. This tells YouTube which pages you are visiting. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behaviour to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account first.

When a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behaviour.

For further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by YouTube, please refer to the provider’s privacy policy, where you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and settings options for protecting your privacy (https://policies.google.com/privacy).

Withdrawal of consent:

No option for a simple opt-out or blocking of data transmission is currently offered by the provider. If you wish to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transfers in the cookie consent tool. In this case, however, you may not be able to use our website or only to a limited extent.

SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption procedures (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

Information about your right to object according to Art. 21 DSGVO

Right to object on a case-by-case basis

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) DSGVO (data processing on the basis of a balance of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 DSGVO.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Recipient of an opposition

info@merckens.de

Change to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or in order to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection statement will then apply to your next visit.

Questions to the Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please write us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organisation directly:

The privacy policy was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection officers (version #2020-09-30).